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No primary, only NA tax vote

Voters in Berne, Monroe, and Geneva can rest easily on May 3, primary election day, because there will be no voting in those communities
Geneva held an election last year and there are no intraparty races in Berne and Monroe.
There will also be no political voting in Decatur on May 3, since no races were set up by the election filings that ended at noon on Friday. But there will be "yes" or "no" voting in the North Adams Community Schools District on a referendum sought by the school board to raise taxes to cover recent financial losses.
The North Adams referendum reads as follows:
"For the next seven calendar years immediately following the holding of the referendum pursuant to Indiana Code 20-46-1-8(a)(1), shall the North Adams Community Schools Corp. impose a property tax rate that does not exceed 20.45 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation and that is in addition to all other property tax levies imposed by the school corporation?"
At this point, only one race in the fall election is assured in Decatur: incumbent Democrat Barbara Engle opposed by Republican Cameron Collier for the at-large seat city council.
All other candidates here are unopposed in the primary. Either party, however, has until July 5 to "slate" a candiate: fill a vacant place on its ballot.
Berne has one race assured: Republican Bill McKean and Democrat Ray Gill vying to fill the post held by Mayor John Minch, who decided not to seek a third term.